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Age Range
4 - 10
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2013-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Grade Level
K - 5th
ISBN
9781846869310
Lexile
620
Themes
friendship
coming of age
emotions and feelings

The Girl with a Brave Heart

Written by Rita Jahanforuz and Illustrated by Vali Mintzi
Shiraz, a kindhearted young girl growing up in Tehran, has a miserable life at home with her stepmother and stepsister, who treat her like a servant. When the wind blows Shiraz’s ball of wool into the garden next door, she spends the day helping and caring for the old lady who lives there, with miraculous results. Then her stepmother sends her own daughter off on the same mission . . . but will the results be the same?
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Age Range
4 - 10
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2013-01-01
Page Count
40
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Grade Level
K - 5th
ISBN
9781846869310
Lexile
620
Themes
friendship
coming of age
emotions and feelings
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